Bob Nieman

Bob Nieman

@bnieman.bsky.social

Birder, County Lister, eBird Reviewer, iNat enthusiast, loved ScienceTwitter (all disciplines) and looking forward to the BlueSky version. Work life: hazardous materials, hazardous waste, radioactive waste and the transportation thereof.

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Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

Why do people follow me? I don’t post very often I lurk. A lot. I block most who ask to follow me because I can’t see a good reason why they would. And I rarely follow someone back. I’m boring.

Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

Technically I am from California, but I moved when I was two and my formative years were all east of the Mississippi. I don’t know what to think about this.

Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

I guess it wasn’t my BotD, but it is what I saw when I opened Merlin. Alt text: screenshot of the Merlin bird ID app which has photos of birds, only this photo shows a cow (with two Brown-headed Cowbirds sitting on its head, practically invisible)

Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

I’m tired of this Alternate Universe

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social

Trump is signing an executive order today recommending that the MMR vaccine be separated into separate vaccines. There is no scientific basis for this recommendation. Separate measles, mumps and rubella vaccines are generally not available in the U.S. Vaccines do not cause autism.

apnews.comTrump to sign executive order calling for spacing out childhood shotsPresident Donald Trump will sign an executive order calling for spacing out childhood vaccines into separate medical visits and splitting the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine into three dif...
Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

Can we please stop this criminal?

Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social

EXCLUSIVE: Trump turns National Parks into "piggy bank" Funding shifts from parks to White House vanity projects macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/trump-turn...

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Ctenophores Rock!
@ctenophoresrock.bsky.social

Happy #CtenophoreCtuesday! Enjoy this bloody-belly comb jelly (Lampocteis cruentiventer) for your moment of zen 🔊🪼 The color red is nearly invisible in deep-sea allowing these jellies to hide from potential predators. Credit video to @mbarinews.bsky.social. #sciart #science #scicomm #ctenophore

Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

This sickens me

Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️@spahn711.bsky.social

I want to do my part in raising awareness. Texas's Big Bend is set to receive new border security infrastructure, including >100 mi of border wall cutting through Big Bend National Park. Kristi Noem just waived 28 environmental protection laws and regulations to expedite this construction. 🧵 1/4

nbcnews.comTexas' Big Bend braces for border wall in national park, worrying local Republicans and DemocratsLocals say the rugged land is enough of a barrier and they're concerned about the impact on the environment and homeowners as the Department of Homeland Security forges ahead.

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Mark Jacob
@markjacob.bsky.social

“Jack-booted government thugs" … "Masked, massively armed mobs of screaming, swearing agents invading the homes of innocents.” A description of the current Homeland Security reign of terror? Nope. This was the National Rifle Association's rhetoric in 1995. 1/5🧵

Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

The Mystery of the Missing Suet. The new block of suet is gone, yet the feeder is secure. Who could do such a thing and how? (No doubt the Raccoon, last night with the nimble fingers)

Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

Too much doom scrolling today. Ugh. In contrast, I looked for and found some LeConte’s Sparrows this morning in Missouri. (Probably) a Life Bird, I bought a pie to celebrate.

Bob Nieman
@bnieman.bsky.social

Eating some #LiferPie today after finding a Connecticut Warbler in Illinois! I noticed quite a few sightings in the last two weeks so I knew it was possible, but not very likely. I got great views of a bird that is usually very hard to see well. No camera, so I just watched as long as it let me.

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Liz Cheney
@lizcheney.bsky.social

Replying to @lizcheney.bsky.social

“Government officials cannot attempt to coerce private parties in order to punish or suppress views that the government disfavors."This doesn't just constrain Democrats. It applies to all officeholders, including you. You took an oath to the Constitution not to Donald Trump.

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@k-hermit.com

Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish! You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧‪

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Jess Piper
@piperformissouri.bsky.social

Your legacy is the way you made people feel. Your words and actions and rhetoric. It’s how you’ll be remembered. It’s your lasting impact on others. We should be helpers in this world, not only because it’s right and good and just, but because it is the legacy we leave for others.